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fēnix 5 Series fenix 5S and Samsung Galaxy S7 - share gpx offline - USB OTG problem

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fenix 5S and Samsung Galaxy S7 - share gpx offline - USB OTG problem

Former Member over 6 years ago

Hi,
unfortunately my fenix 5s is not visible on Samsung Galaxy S7 via USB OTG. My settings on watch and S7 IMHO are OK.
It seems to work - on fenix screen, battery level is visible - on S7 file manager wants to start - but files (extern memory) are not visible and Android S7 memory overview says Garmin not working correctly.
Other USB sticks working fine.
I think it's a problem of Samsung/S7 directly.

Has someone in use fenix 5S + Samsung S7 and working USB OTG connection correctly?
Is there another possibility to share gpx files with Android offline and without PC (S7 to watch, watch to S7)?

0 TrippyZ over 6 years ago

Does your OTG work with any other device, such as a USB memory stick?

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Yes it does. No problem with USB stick.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

It definitively must be a problem with Samsung Galaxy S7 - or something with Android 8.
I've just tested my old Sony Xperia Z1 Compact (Android 5.1.1) - and USB OTG works perfectly witg fenix 5S..
Any Idea?

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Or is there another possibility for importing or exporting gpx files with smartphone in offline mode? (e.g. share via Bluetooth...)

0 KrapfenKringel over 6 years ago

Same here on an S8, its just charging, if I try to change the USB options into file transfer it just switched back to charging.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

It's really stange... I definitively can't explain...
I've already said, Garmin 5S and USB OTG works on my old Sony Z1C...
On a Samsung S7 of one colleage it didn't work this morning.
I've just tried 5S on another Samsung Galaxy S7 of another colleague - and it's really working perfectly - all the time.
But I can't get 5S to work with my own Samsung S7, though normal USB-Sticks FAT32 works fine...

Always the same USB cable and the same adapter.
:confused:

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

What file system does your fenix 5S have? Mine has FAT (not FAT32).

Would it be possible to save all data on Windows PC - Format in Windows to FAT32 - and copy all data back to watch?

In this context: Are there any official Garmin file systems anywhere? And what about additional partition for factory reset?

0 Djij over 6 years ago

OTG works fine here: Samsung S8 Oreo 8.0.0 and Fenix 5s sapphire 12.51

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

Thaks for information.
Djij : What file system does Windows show, when you plug in your watch into Windows USB? (Mine only shows "FAT", not "FAT32")

We made different tests here - and tests in German Garmin Forum meanwhile are very extensive. Sometimes, fenix is recognized on different smartphones, even on different Samsung S7 - sometimes on Samsung not.
I personally also did some tests with 2 colleagues: my 5S and colleague1: always notification "Garmin damaged" / colleague2: always OK
My 5S is always OK on my Sony Xperia Z1 Compact.
USB Memory Stick with FAT32, always is OK on all smartphones...
Also another forum user can't see his fenix on Samsung smartphones at all.

It's not the biggest problem, as my fenix 5S works fine generally - but I'd like to understand, why sometimes there are problems with USB OTG.

0 Djij over 6 years ago

Miaz Windows shows FAT when i plug my F5s.